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Add your voice to our letter calling on our political leaders to take action on Land Clearing!

Dear Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk,

Clearing is out of control again in Queensland. Since laws, policies and enforcement processes weresubstantially weakened in 2012 and 2013, Queensland’s land clearing rates have risen dramatically tolevels not seen for more than a decade.

Clearing has a major impact on native wildlife and threatened species which depend on woodlandsfor habitat. Clearing is also bad for the Great Barrier Reef, waterways, and the climate. State landclearing legislation, planning legislation, enforcement policies and monitoring processes all need tobe strengthened and used to achieve a new level of protection from clearing threats.

In particular we need:

1. Permanent protection for all old-growth native woodlands and forests2. Permanent protection of all other high conservation value native woodlands and forests3. Removal of ‘Self-Assessable Codes’ for land clearing4. Strong monitoring and resourcing for the enforcement of land clearing laws5. Improved mapping for vegetation and a halt to exemptions via property maps6. Establishment of a substantial ecological carbon fund and support for restoration opportunities7. A commitment to prompt, transparent and regular (minimum annual) release of clearing dataand reporting on impacts.

Please commit to taking these actions to help protect our native wildlife and their habitats.